Monday 14 April 2014

Compared to these storms...(John Donne)




Compared to these storms, death is but a qualm,

Hell somewhat lightsome, and the Bermuda calm.

John Donne, from The Storm



Our storm is past, and that storm's tyrannous rage,
A stupid calm, but nothing it, doth 'suage...

Storms chafe, and soon wear out themselves, or us;
In calms, Heaven laughs to see us languish thus.


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